Supreme court reaffirms Ojora’s supremacy over tenants

THE supremacy of the Ojora royal family over its tenants in Iganmu community and environs has been reaffirmed by the Supreme Court. The five Supreme Court justices led by Justice Mahmud Mohammed struck out the suit filed by Messrs V.I.P. Nwana and N.C Ugha on behalf of Ojora tenants in Iganmu challenging their non inclusion as a party in the judgments delivered in 2009 by the apex court in favour of Ojora royal family. Justice Mahmud Mohammed in his ruling said he had no option than to strike out the suit since the application filed by the intervenors/applicants dated February 14,2012 had been withdrawn by the learned counsel to the applicants. Also in his own ruling on the matter, Justice Muntaka Coomaisie said the “matter is quite intriguing, the applicants have never been a party to any suit from the trial court of appeal and in the supreme court, the rules under which the intervenors/applicants approached this court are missioner, they cannot come under any of the cited orders and rules since they have no appeal pending and that they are not Federal government or State. Justice Coomasie ruled that in the light of this, all other applications by the intervenors/applicants together with the main application were all struck out.